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'We aim to restore Ukraine's sovereignty'

On a visit to India to attend the G20 summit on March 2, US Secretary of State ANTONY BLINKEN spoke exclusively to India Today TV's foreign affairs editor GEETA MOHAN. Excerpts:

THE Q3 TUMBLE

That India’s GDP grew just 4.4 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022-23 compared to 5.2 per cent in the same quarter of the previous fiscal caught many by surprise.

WHEAT FEELS THE HEAT

India's food security may be staring at a crisis this year. At the centre of this is the rising mercury that has sent alarm bells ringing in the wheat-producing belts in states such as Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat.

VASUNDHARA, SELF-ATTESTED

The BJP high command, it seems, has had a late realisation that it may not be wise to alienate ex-chief minister Vasundhara Raje any further, especially in an election year.

LEFT'S HAND IN ALLIANCES

The results might have been different but for the alliance of the Left parties and Congress for the Tripura T assembly polls and the byelections for the Sagardighi assembly seat in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.

TO BE AT HOME WITH GUJARATI

For a state formed on linguistic lines, it may come as a surprise that Gujarat took over six decades to make the teaching of its native language mandatory in elementary classes across all schools, irrespective of the medium of instruction or affiliation.

BULLDOZING JUSTICE

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath revels in the 'Bulldozer baba'image he has built for himself, but the events of the past couple of weeks will have knocked it down a few notches.

The Naming Game

The Centre's nod to renaming Aurangabad and Osmanabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv, respectively T has led to more demands in Maharashtra for cities and regions to be rechristened.

Decline And Fall Of Azam Khan

For the first time in four decades, rampur and sp strongman Azam Khan finds himself disqualified and without a seat in the house. The Yogi regime is now hot on his trail

The A, B, C, D Of The Dalit Quota

In what may lead to a churn in Maharashtra politics, Hindu Dalit organisations have launched a stir seeking a division in the quota for scheduled castes (SCs).

MANN IN A MUDDLE

A fusillade of crises-political, economic, social-assail Bhagwant Mann's AAP government in Punjab. How he can arrest the state's descent into chaos

MURDER AND THE FIRST FAMILY

Four years after the murder of former Andhra Pradesh minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, the ruling YSR Congress and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's family continue to be embroiled in the case.

THE CONGRESS HAND AS A FIST

\"Crores of workers of the Congress party must build on the momentum of the Bharat Jodo Yatra to defeat the divisive forces of the BJP and RSS.

CAPITAL FETTERS

The arrest of Manish Sisodia, the most high-profile minister in Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet, is perhaps the biggest political crisis to hit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) since its inception in 2012. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the Delhi deputy CM on February 26 for alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor excise policy of 2021-22. The agency alleges that Sisodia, as excise minister, took \"arbitrary and unilateral decisions\" causing \"huge financial losses to the exchequer\" and benefiting private players.

FOR LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE

Rathyatras—that tried and tested vehicle of the BJP’s election campaigning—rolled out on March 1 in Karnataka where the party is in power.

FAMILY SAGA

Sara Rai's memoir, Raw Umber, is as much about her 'extraordinary family' of litterateurs as about the changing contours of 1960s' Allahabad

ON THEIR OWN TERMS

A collective trafficking launched by a sex survivor is helping thousands of others learn about their rights and carve a better life

THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS

Netflix's Rana Naidu is the latest entry in a growing trend of collaborations between regional film industries

TOURISM'S GRAND REVIVAL

Officials and industry leaders come together at the India Today Tourism Survey and Awards to discuss the sector’s future as it bounces back from the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD BULLS

IN GUJARAT, SOME 50,000-ODD BULLS ARE BEING CASTRATED TO BRING DOWN STRAY CATTLE NUMBERS AS RAPID URBANISATION, FARM MECHANISATION AND COW PROTECTION ACTIVISM TURN BOVINES INTO A BURDEN. BUT WILL SUCH BAND-AID SOLUTIONS SUFFICE?

An Era of Her Own

Aditi Rao Hydari talks about playing Anarkali and her love for period dramas

Making Headlines

ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER HIMANTA BISWA SARMA DISPLAYS AN UNUSUAL PENCHANT FOR STAYING IN THE NEWS VIA HIS POLARISING ACTIONS AND BACKDOOR OPERATIONS. IT IS HELPING HIM FORGE A PLACE IN THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS ACROSS INDIA

MR. INDIA SHINES ON

Actor Anil Kapoor on his new series The Night Manager and his four decades in the film industry

SATORI LINES

A rare collection of artworks by the late abstractionist Nasreen Mohamedi reveals her philosophical outlook and love for minimalism

The Cost of Freedom

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's latest book traces the history of India through the lives of ordinary women

OPS Vs NPS: Pension Tension

Economists may be aghast at the revolt against the new pension scheme (NPS) and the clamour for return to the old pension scheme (OPC), but for political leaders, it is a potent election issue that they are pushing for short-term gains

China's Spying Threat

Chinese-made CCTVs across india could well be acting as the eyes and ears of Beijing. Experts raise concerns of national security, but existing laws and awareness are inadequate to deal with the threat

HIGH INTENT

With a promise of investments worth Rs 33.5 lakh crore at the Global Investors Summit this month, Uttar Pradesh is poised to become an attractive destination for investors

SMOKE RINGS IN SAGA RDIGHI

The impending byelection in the Sagardighi assembly seat in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on February 27 is the latest platform on which the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opposition party BJP are facing off, with no one losing the chance to treat it as a crystal ball through which to gaze at the 2024 general election. Subrata Saha of the TMC, whose death in December 2022 necessitated the bypoll, had won the seat with a margin of over 50,000 votes in the 2021 assembly election.

A LIFE MISSION GONE WRONG

Jeemon Jacob